As the Steward of Kellsjard, Suchen has considerable responsibility. Life is good if a little unexciting. When she is visited by the wizard Ax and told that she is destined to protect a young woman, the Lady Trethya, who could expose a plot to topple the kingdom she is thrown into a world of violence and treachery.

Ax also sends the mysterious Yozerf Jonaglir to protect Suchen and Trethya. Yozerf, a member of the Aclytese race, is used to being shunned by normal people who treat his kind with hatred and distrust. Initially he keeps himself separate from Suchen and the rest of her group as he believes that she will treat him the same as everyone else. However he soon grows to realise that she is different to the others. She treats everyone equally and with respect. Suchen also starts to see another side to Yozerf and starts to think that maybe the stories she has been told about the Aclytese are not true.

As Suchen and Yozerf hear all that Trethya has to say it becomes apparent that they are in the centre of a major plot to force the Queen to marry the evil Emperor Jahcgroth and allow him to take over the kingdom. Will Suchen and Yozerf be able to reveal the plot and save the Queen from a loveless marriage?

Wolfkin is a wonderful romantic adventure story. As with many romances the two main characters do not initially like one another but as time goes on an attraction grows and you know that by the end of the book they will be sharing more than campfire food and sword fighting techniques.

Unlike other romances though, this one has a decent storyline running alongside. If you removed all the sexual attraction between the two main characters you would still be left with a damned good adventure. Suchen is a wonderfully strong female lead character. She knows one end of a sword from the other and is not afraid to stand up for her own beliefs.

Yozerf is a suspicious member of a race that is feared by most people. He does not believe that anyone will treat him well. After all, why should Suchen be any different to everyone else?

Wolfkin was a definite one-sitting book. Once I started I couldn't put it down. Superb!

Synopsis
A kingdom on the eve of war. A queen held captive. A land in turmoil. A shape-changer's heart.

Suchen's life as Steward of Kellsjard is a good one, if uneventful. But the arrival of the exiled wizard Ax threatens to upset her quiet existence. The task he sets for her seems simple on the surface: escort Trethya, a young noblewoman, from the southern reaches of the kingdom back to the safety of Kellsjard's walls.

Soon, however, Suchen and her companions--five warriors Sworn to the service of her lord--discover that the fate of the entire kingdom depends on keeping Trethya alive. For only Trethya is privy to a deadly secret: Rozah, Queen of Jenel, is held captive by her regency council. If she is not freed, the treacherous Council will force her into a marriage with a necromancer intent on making Jenel his own.

Pursued by enemies, attacked by shape-changers, and threatened by hidden traitors, their path seems doomed to end in death. But into this mix comes an unlikely ally: Yozerf Jonaglir, scion of the non-human Aclytese race, heir to a forgotten throne.

Haughty, bitter, and haunted by the darkness of his past, Yozerf at first seems the antithesis of everything Suchen has ever known. Yet from the first, she finds herself drawn to this wild stranger, finding in him an answer to the longings of her own heart.

But is Yozerf the friend he seems to be--or will the dark secrets he hides ultimately destroy them all?